People's Postcode Lottery

People’s Postcode Lottery is a charity lottery raising funds for, and increasing awareness of, charities and good causes across Great Britain and globally.

On 11th December, 2014, players of People’s Postcode Lottery awarded Magic Breakfast an initial grant of £175,000. This was increased to £200,000 when a surprise award of £25,000 was announced at the People's Postcode Lottery Charity Gala on 28th January, 2015.

In 2016 players of People's Postcode Lottery donated a very generous £225,000 along with a grant of £25,000 for impact reporting.

In 2017 players increased their award to Magic Breakfast to the amazing sum of £375,000. This cheque was presented to our founder, Carmel McConnell MBE, in January at People's Postcode Lottery's stunning Annual Charity Gala, in the presence of HRH The Prince of Wales and Sir David Attenborough.

This funding is allowing us to continue to develop our work across England, enabling us to reach new schools and provide partner schools with the tools and support they need to ensure every child in these schools has access to a healthy breakfast and the right fuel for learning.

You can help us by Playing People’s Postcode Lottery: A minimum of 31% of the price of each lottery ticket goes to charity.

Once their postcode is registered, and a monthly direct debit of £10 is organised, players of People’s Postcode Lottery have the chance to win a prize every day.

People’s Postcode Lottery manages multiple society lotteries promoted by different charitable organisations which support a range of good causes. For details on which society lottery is running each week please see the Charity Draw Calendar.

Magic Breakfast's head office is in London (our office space is kindly lent to us by Pearson), but our School Partners are located all over England and Scotland so they can be close to the schools they work with.

Magic Breakfast not only provides food aid to schools, but has an expert team to help identify and reach every hungry pupil, offer nutrition advice and training, give parents nutrition and food hygiene training, and advise on post-breakfast activities such as book clubs and exercise sessions.

Magic Breakfast was founded by Carmel McConnell, MBE, in 2003, but she started buying and delivering breakfasts to five schools in the London borough of Hackney three years previously after hearing from headteachers there that many of their pupils couldn't concentrate until they had had their lunch as they were too hungry.